Our mission is to help individuals, families and whole communities move away from poverty through access to decent, fulfilling and paid work.
Zug, Switzerland
Joined October 2012
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Small businesses drive Kenya’s economy but face barriers like limited financing & regulatory challenges. @capyeikenya uses YBI’s High Flyers Guidelines, funded by @Argidius, to support young #entrepreneurs like Zainab to scale and create jobs. Learn more: youthbusiness.org/initiative…
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One hundred thousand jobs created by these brilliant ESOs @Argidius @worlddatalab @africapractice
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Women SME owners struggle to access sources of finance for business growth. @mwanigaminage and @ncolloff explain how a cash flow-based lending product, embedded in a relationship banking model, is changing that: bit.ly/3OJxzGs #Sponsored by @argidius #financialinclusion
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A painstaking 8-yr research effort by @Argidius identified 5 key considerations driving job creation & growth in #SmallBusinesses. Argidius & Dalberg produced a report & toolkit w/ which BDS providers & funders can adapt the considerations known as SCALE: bit.ly/3IyuVO1
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We are (always) interested in hearing from people who really know about monitoring, #evaluation, data-collection etc., esp who are from / in low- and middle-income countries. It's for freelance, project-based work. If that's you, do get in touch and email me your CV. Thanks.
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The Small Firm Diaries is a global research initiative to help the world better understand barriers facing small businesses, and help small business owners thrive. Learn more 🧵
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Endeavor Insight, with support from @Argidius, published a set of principles for decision-makers to drive a self-propelling ecosystem.
The guide has resources for entrepreneurs, support organizations, & donors/philanthropists.
Read the full report here: bit.ly/EI_SPED
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Who supports the people who support entrepreneurs? Introducing a new tool for ecosystem leaders. Today's @fp2p my Mary Mwangi of @Argidius and Brenda Wangari of @villagecapital oxfamapps.org/fp2p/who-suppo…
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Want to learn from the experience of several European #foundations regarding their #impact measurement and management journey?
Join the online #presentation of 'Taking the Pulse of the European Foundation Sector' @EsadeSocImp @BBK_eus
⏰1/27, 10h CET
👉esade.me/31W9xlE
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Evidence-based practices that boost #SmallBusiness growth & jobs:
@Argidius & @DalbergTweet's report presents 6 case studies of top-performing business development services (BDS) providers—showing how they used SCALE to create more impactful BDS programs: bit.ly/3BhLNVr
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An emerging body of evidence continues to strengthen the rationale behind SCALE.
Even small adjustments can yield tangible business improvements, as illustrated in the recent report from @Argidius & @DalbergTweet—which shares advice on implementing SCALE: bit.ly/3BhLNVr
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Why are some business development services (BDS) orgs effective & others are not?
The 5 SCALE considerations are proven to align BDS providers & funders w/ #SGB growth. @Argidius & @DalbergTweet's report uncovers how orgs can deploy them for impact: bit.ly/3BhLNVr
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.@Argidius undertook an extensive process to identify what practices distinguish high-performing business development services & best support #SGB-growth. Five key considerations—codified as #SCALE—emerged in a new report developed w/ @DalbergTweet: bit.ly/3BhLNVr
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How are entrepreneurs best supported to grow and generate employment? 🌱
Check out the new SCALE report and toolkit from our partner @Argidius, sharing guidance for funders and the organizations that support entrepreneurs, like accelerators and incubators
ow.ly/uIJz50GjMlT
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Some exciting news: this year, we’re opening up an opportunity for non-members to take part in our #ANDE2021 annual conference! Register with password “ande_ac2021” before the Sept. 10 deadline: andeglobal.org/event/ande-an…
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1. Get yourself a good mentor
2. Focus on your sales.
These top tips were given by @ncolloff of @Argidius Foundation, for entrepreneurs to recover from #COVID19 pandemic and to build up their businesses again. Watch his speech here:
youtu.be/RiSIni6vvOw #smesupport
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Revealed! We have a new website that as well as great pictures, aims to make our learning about effective business development more readily accessible and usable. Please take a look and share!
argidius.com
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We want to help farmers access finance. 💸 How? By connecting them to the banks who can provide it!
Read more about our solution here 👉 scopeinsight.com/data-to-sol…
#accesstofinance #banks
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Do you have experience organising events and managing projects? We're hiring a part-time Project Associate to help build research collaboration between researchers from all over the world.
Apply now: theigc.org/about/careers/
